FOOTBALL: Seven Florida players make pre-season watch lists

–updated July 18, 12:19 p.m. EDT–
There are high expectations for the Gators as many once promising players head into their junior or senior season. Seven of them, including QB Jeff Driskel, are on award watch lists in the pre-season.

Oddly, CB Loucheiz Purifoy is on two watch lists for the best defensive player in the country, but did not make the Thorpe Award watch list. All watch lists, though, are flexible and can expand throughout the season. The awards will be given in December.